2010 15" MBP will randomly stop charging and shut off

Okay guys I have to say this computer has been absolutely bullet proof. To start I have only noticed this since I have installed mavericks OS. I tend to use my computer with an external monitor most of the time with the laptop still open so I can have dual displays. Well lately ill be right in the middle of something and the computer will completely turn off. I look at the charger (which is still plugged in) and the light is green and even if I press the power button the computer wont turn back on. What I have to do is unplug the power adapter, wait a few seconds then plug it back in. The light turns orange (charging) and the computer turns back on.
Once back on the battery is completely dead. Even though before it turned off it showed it was fully charged. Another thing that is weird is that the cycle count on the battery increases by 2 or 3 whenever this happens. Now im really trying to get to the bottom of this since I know eventually this will happen when I am working on something important and ill lose everything.
Does anyone have any suggestions. Any help of input is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
For reference this is a 15" 2010 macbook pro, i7 processor and 8GB of ram.

Wait and see how it functions when you get it back, At this point, you are just asking for speculation.

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